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bill clinton, ross perot and george h.w. bush. and he looked at his watch. >> the important part of that was before he looked at his watch, he misunderstood a question from a voter he -- she phrased it awkwardly about the national debt. bush kind of bobbled the question. and bill clinton walked over and said i think i understand what you're talking about. and he did. gwen: and the other one in which george w. bush on stage with al gore and al gore crowded him and gave him had th look and what are you doing here and moved on. it was very smooth. i find these debates to be interesting. one thing presidential candidates don't do that the presidential candidates do is sit down. they stay at their podium and that changes the nature of the discussion it seems to me. >> and makes the eye rolling and all of that more easier because you're siterring at a much more intimate setting with the vice president. gwen: so the president acknowledged it took him a couple of days that he had a terrible debate last week. he's acknowledged it in a coup
bill clinton, ross perot and george h.w. bush. and he looked at his watch. >> the important part of that was before he looked at his watch, he misunderstood a question from a voter he -- she phrased it awkwardly about the national debt. bush kind of bobbled the question. and bill clinton walked over and said i think i understand what you're talking about. and he did. gwen: and the other one in which george w. bush on stage with al gore and al gore crowded him and gave him had th look and...
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president clinton is out there selling the case of the guy he hopes will be another president clinton's predecessor. he gave that great deal-making speech at the d.n.c. now he's out there on the campaign trail doing what obama didn't do last week -- exposing mitt romney's hard right baggage. with us today, "new york" magazine's john hileman, christian science monitor, liz liz, and henderson henderson from "the washington post," and from "the daily beast," andrew sullivan. thursday night's debate was everything the romney and obama presidential debate had not been. >> you can still preserve the important tant things for middle class taxpayers. >> it's not mathematically possible. >> it's not mathematically possible. it's never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times. >> it has never been done. >> oh, now you're jack kennedy. >> this tuesday night it's back to the main events. barack obama probably will tone it down a bit from biden's intensity. he's going to try to make romney look insincere. here's how bill clinton pulled it off with a gentle dismissal of bob dole in their
president clinton is out there selling the case of the guy he hopes will be another president clinton's predecessor. he gave that great deal-making speech at the d.n.c. now he's out there on the campaign trail doing what obama didn't do last week -- exposing mitt romney's hard right baggage. with us today, "new york" magazine's john hileman, christian science monitor, liz liz, and henderson henderson from "the washington post," and from "the daily beast," andrew...
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. >> what worries me and people are surprised why you liked bill clinton, the democrat, he stimulated business. people focus on hike and rates for the richest. but he immediately was cutting invested related rates. >> capitol gains. >> people forgot that. but that's why these rates, it is not so much across the board income rate hikes. i am not a fan of them. i am worried about the business ones. dividends are taxed. we are talking about something for a surtax from the rich could be 44 percent. if that doesn't inhibit the invest leads to something bad in the stock market. >> it has led to a deal. but what i didn't hear in any of your commentaries people have shifted income in 2012. as bad as this year looks, it is much worse than it looks because people are shifted income out of 2013 12 . that cliff is going to be serious. >> you are quite right. we are seeing that in youtube fund redemption. they are taking their money out in large part in preperationn for that. that is the quiet under the surface stuff. we see more of that on year's end? >> we extended the tax cuts and much smaller
. >> what worries me and people are surprised why you liked bill clinton, the democrat, he stimulated business. people focus on hike and rates for the richest. but he immediately was cutting invested related rates. >> capitol gains. >> people forgot that. but that's why these rates, it is not so much across the board income rate hikes. i am not a fan of them. i am worried about the business ones. dividends are taxed. we are talking about something for a surtax from the rich...
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we know that -- chris: he doesn't like to fight with hillary clinton. >> he doesn't like to. he's really worried about appearing angry in public and that really isn't his natural demeanor but that was unilateral disarmament and was stunning. when mitt romney gives you an opening to talk about romney's accountant and doesn't say you have a terrific accountant. chris: s.e. cupp, your view, was it a reset for the challenger? >> they certainly think it was. i talked to some romney advisors and they see the reset in three parts. they think for supporters who really wanted to see a fight, they wanted to see this knockout, dragout fight, they got that. for undecideds who they call the tough customers, they think that this debate does what the ads have not been able to do which is spark their attention. for the soft obama voters of 2008, they think maybe this group is in play again. they think this is a hat trick moving forward. chris: let me ask you, we have a big jobs number, it was below eight and was promised three years ago and is below eight, 7.8. is it enough to give obama a r
we know that -- chris: he doesn't like to fight with hillary clinton. >> he doesn't like to. he's really worried about appearing angry in public and that really isn't his natural demeanor but that was unilateral disarmament and was stunning. when mitt romney gives you an opening to talk about romney's accountant and doesn't say you have a terrific accountant. chris: s.e. cupp, your view, was it a reset for the challenger? >> they certainly think it was. i talked to some romney...
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bill clinton. did somebody wild bill in to the rodeo? >>> we have mark udall with the lay of the land in the battou
bill clinton. did somebody wild bill in to the rodeo? >>> we have mark udall with the lay of the land in the battou
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bill clinton. did somebody wild bill in to the rodeo?
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. >> does that mean there's a fisher here between secretary of state clinton's state department and their narrative and the administration and the political campaign's narrative which wants to say it was the intelligence community or we didn't get the right story? >> well, patrick kennedy, the other state official who testified, said that he had gotten the same briefing and that he said the same thing they were saying. but the night before this hearing, state win out there and put out a very different story an the administration had pedaled in the first week. >> right. but the benghazi story is a piece of the administration's larger strategy, which is so long as we have an election on, the rest of the world may as well not exist. iran doesn't exist, syria doesn't exist, the syria rebuffs from russia don't exist and a terrorist attack in benghazi sure as heck doesn't exist until it becomes a problem for us. >> where is secretary of state clinton in this? she's out of the picture. >> look for the next job or keeping a low profile. they put out susan rice, who is a leading candidate for that
. >> does that mean there's a fisher here between secretary of state clinton's state department and their narrative and the administration and the political campaign's narrative which wants to say it was the intelligence community or we didn't get the right story? >> well, patrick kennedy, the other state official who testified, said that he had gotten the same briefing and that he said the same thing they were saying. but the night before this hearing, state win out there and put...
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changing we're going give no specifics we want you to elect us based on what we think we might do hillary clinton said on the two thousand and eight she had a great saying about this talk about the progress of obama at the time but she said they want hope and change to the skies are going to open up and put less still open change or in their case prosperity and freedom is going to rain down and there's the middle class that is going to grow abundantly and that's just not true this is about a debate tonight is the one who's got the challenge tonight he's got the record he's got to come out and prove that for whatever reason he deserves another forty second so that's a tall their army and a look here biden will commit a gaffe he's the guy they want to listen they're not listening he's a guy who knows a set the way the world is on his shoulders after president obama's performance last time biden knows it's on him and when he gets when he gets our leadership and everything we've got ten seconds mitt romney changes position on india a risk. and with indefinite detention he said he was cited now he say
changing we're going give no specifics we want you to elect us based on what we think we might do hillary clinton said on the two thousand and eight she had a great saying about this talk about the progress of obama at the time but she said they want hope and change to the skies are going to open up and put less still open change or in their case prosperity and freedom is going to rain down and there's the middle class that is going to grow abundantly and that's just not true this is about a...
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let's play a clip from bill clinton. this was from last night. i think he hit the nail on the head. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than most people did. i thought -- wow, here is old moderate mitt. where you been boy, i missed you these last two years. >> it is fascinating. flopping all over the place. your head could spin. the candidates are having so much fun. does it almost play against him? that people watch clinton being all of the thing that is we didn't see of the president, could it hurt him? i was thinking about barack obama during the last debate. i think the contrast is not a good one. however, we should never underestimate the fact that he is a hugely powerful barack obama fan. >> we had an interesting discussion about the libya situation. extraordinary comments. it is nothing to do with the republicans anymore. this is to do with how the white house, how the ambassadors dealt with this and it seems not good enough to me that you can put out erroneous statements five days after a terrorist attack. >> the point is t
let's play a clip from bill clinton. this was from last night. i think he hit the nail on the head. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than most people did. i thought -- wow, here is old moderate mitt. where you been boy, i missed you these last two years. >> it is fascinating. flopping all over the place. your head could spin. the candidates are having so much fun. does it almost play against him? that people watch clinton being all of the thing that is we didn't...
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did it go to hillary clinton? because susan rice went out five days later, she is virtual number two in the state department said it was not premeditated, not preplanned. this was a protest, out of the protest all this violence came, which was completely not true. >> let's hear what vice said. >> we weren't told they wanted more security again. we didn't know they wanted more security again. >>> question in the face of the diplomatic testimony at the issa hearing what justification is there for vice president biden to say they were not notified? >> i know what the white house is arguing saying that they only didn't know because the state department didn't tell them. that is not really a good excuse. there are four dead americans. the first ambassador killed since 1979. the vice president saying i didn't know about it, who ran the policy for decades. that doesn't ring true. >> nobody is saying it is not a good excuse. but we don't know where the. >> eleanor, there is a great massive breakdown of communication. we h
did it go to hillary clinton? because susan rice went out five days later, she is virtual number two in the state department said it was not premeditated, not preplanned. this was a protest, out of the protest all this violence came, which was completely not true. >> let's hear what vice said. >> we weren't told they wanted more security again. we didn't know they wanted more security again. >>> question in the face of the diplomatic testimony at the issa hearing what...
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and let's play a clip from bill clinton, this was from last night. i thought he hit the nail on the head on how the democrats are perceiving the transformation to mitt romney. >> i had a different reaction from the last debate than a lot of other people did. i mean, i thought wow, here is old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you all of these last two years. >> it is fascinating, i mean when you watch this row today again over the abortion comments that mitt romney made, if you chart just his history of statements about abortion, flopping all over the place. >> your head could spin like you're in "the exorcist," i mean, bill clinton is having so much fun. the candidates are not -- >> does it help clinton that he is so brilliant? it could almost work against him, people watch him being aggressive, all the things we didn't see from the president in the other night? could it hurt him? >> it could hurt him, as i watched it, i thought about the animation in his voice, his face, barack obama looked like he didn't want to be there. the contrast i
and let's play a clip from bill clinton, this was from last night. i thought he hit the nail on the head on how the democrats are perceiving the transformation to mitt romney. >> i had a different reaction from the last debate than a lot of other people did. i mean, i thought wow, here is old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you all of these last two years. >> it is fascinating, i mean when you watch this row today again over the abortion comments that mitt romney made,...
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bill clinton grins when he fights. >> yes, he does. and he's obviously really enjoying himself. >> i know, it's great. it's great fun. >> but he's also being tactically really smart. because he can go there in a way, you know, with all that motion and all those gestures in a way that is difficult for president obama to do, either because he's president or because that's not his kind of music. so bill clinton knows exactly what he's doing and he is, i think, being very effective. >> last thought, ten seconds, cynthia. will joe biden have some music as well as lyrics tomorrow night? >> i think he will. i mean, i think, let's hope he doesn't get two improvsational, but i think joe biden likes politics too and enjoys the music and enjoys a good political brawl. >> okay. let joe be joe, i say. bring it on. talk about grandpa finnegan, the works. talk about scranton 30 times, it doesn't bother me. anyway, thank you, cynthia turk and eugene robinson. >>> when we return, let me finish whether president obama is better with a good debate perfor
bill clinton grins when he fights. >> yes, he does. and he's obviously really enjoying himself. >> i know, it's great. it's great fun. >> but he's also being tactically really smart. because he can go there in a way, you know, with all that motion and all those gestures in a way that is difficult for president obama to do, either because he's president or because that's not his kind of music. so bill clinton knows exactly what he's doing and he is, i think, being very...
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clinton said he was going to do it and he didn't. we have responsible gun owners all over america. we will enforce the laws we have and president obama is not going to take your ammo away and not your gun away. >> in the recall election in wisconsin, the nra really went after tom barrett saying he was going to take away their guns and he had a bad record. why is it in rural america that firearms becomes aissue down the stretch? it looks like it's going to rear its ugly head again. >> folks like having guns. not because they are holding up liquor stores. i own a number of guns. we like to hunt and have guns and target practice. and we're not looking at attacking anybody. but the bottom line is the attack is by the republicans and their advocates at the nra who are trying to say every time there's a democrat running for office we're going to take away their guns. maybe during the last 100 years, we would, but we haven't. we're not going to in the future. we respect the amendment rights. we respect the constitution and you'll keep your guns. if you want to go buy more ammo and more gu
clinton said he was going to do it and he didn't. we have responsible gun owners all over america. we will enforce the laws we have and president obama is not going to take your ammo away and not your gun away. >> in the recall election in wisconsin, the nra really went after tom barrett saying he was going to take away their guns and he had a bad record. why is it in rural america that firearms becomes aissue down the stretch? it looks like it's going to rear its ugly head again....
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i don't understand why secretary clinton isn't in the lead. these are people who worked for her who were killed and it's bad leadership, it's inadequate leadership to say we're going to way for an administrative review board for a report. she should find out what happened to her people. >> she has spoken out but you think she's intentionally trying to do that because she's got her eye on 2016? >> i don't know what the psychology is. i thought she wasn't being the party line but she's not doing anything to get to the bottom of this. i don't think you treat what happened at the consulate in benghazi as all in a day's work. it's not. it's true the secretary of state probably doesn't get involved in security questions but libya is a special case. in any event, once for people are killed, the secretary ought to get her fingernails dirty and find out what's going on. we have people at other diplomatic possesses in the middle east and around the world in danger. they can't wait for an investigation that may take months. >> the attack has taken the he
i don't understand why secretary clinton isn't in the lead. these are people who worked for her who were killed and it's bad leadership, it's inadequate leadership to say we're going to way for an administrative review board for a report. she should find out what happened to her people. >> she has spoken out but you think she's intentionally trying to do that because she's got her eye on 2016? >> i don't know what the psychology is. i thought she wasn't being the party line but...
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querulous hillary clinton? she is responsible for our embassy in diplomats. did she say, another area and pedaling on sunday shows? is the word began? there was a lot here that remains beneath the surface. this is a hole in their world view, policy, disastous failure, and i hope we can follow-up on it. lou: we have to keep, if you will, the instances distinct. we are talking about our new horrible foreign policy disaster on one level geopolitically, an immense human tragedy and the assassination of our ambassador in three other americans. and then we are talking about an absolute wall that has been put up around this of restoration refusing to let us understand what happened and why and refusing absolutely to acknowledge that ther are serious challenges to the idea that this foreign-policy is, in fact, a workable policy album. >> and that may be the explanation for the post tragedy spanned by theadministration, that their ideology which blinded them to the threat and the first place, which either caused a gap in intelligence or a refusal to ask for the in
querulous hillary clinton? she is responsible for our embassy in diplomats. did she say, another area and pedaling on sunday shows? is the word began? there was a lot here that remains beneath the surface. this is a hole in their world view, policy, disastous failure, and i hope we can follow-up on it. lou: we have to keep, if you will, the instances distinct. we are talking about our new horrible foreign policy disaster on one level geopolitically, an immense human tragedy and the...
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former president clinton teams up with mr. obama at a fundraiser tonight in california. two days later, clinton campaigns for the president in another battleground, nevada. >> mitt is up to the task. he's prepared. >> romney's wife ann goes in front of cameras wednesday morning when she's a special co-host on abc's "good morning, america." but the highlight of the week is this week's vice presidential debate. both are preparing for their own showdown which takes place thursday in danville, kentucky. >> i'm looking forward to it, i really am. the thing about congressman ryan is he's been straightfwoorward to now about all the significant changes he wants to make. we have a fundamentally different view on a whole range of issues. >> i'm studying, i'm reading joe biden's speeches, watching joe biden tape and just studying on all the various issues. >> and thanks to romney's strong performance at last week's debate, there is even more on the line at the vp showdown. fred? >> thanks so much, paul. big week ahead. the much anticipated vice presidential debate between joe biden
former president clinton teams up with mr. obama at a fundraiser tonight in california. two days later, clinton campaigns for the president in another battleground, nevada. >> mitt is up to the task. he's prepared. >> romney's wife ann goes in front of cameras wednesday morning when she's a special co-host on abc's "good morning, america." but the highlight of the week is this week's vice presidential debate. both are preparing for their own showdown which takes place...
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if you remember the clinton/bush i debate, clinton won outright. so romney has to prepare for low expectations for obam awhich will help obama. he has to practice in a forum, in which he can relax with the audience. however, he has one great advantage, romney, he has the facts on his side and the arguments on his side. >> sean: charles krauthammer, love your analysis. your columns have been dead on this entire campaign season, with very few exceptions. a couple of minor disagreements. >> we'll discuss them -- below sea level one day. the dead sea, the place we should do that? all right, charles. thanks for being with us. stephanie cutter's finally telling the truth and let's just say, it is not going to help barack obama. we will play her comments and reince priebus will be here to react. they say debates don't make much of an impact in the polls. that is not the case after mitt romney's monumental victory over obama. we have incredible polls out of virginia, florida and ohio to share with you tonight, right new pink lemonade 5-hour energy? 5-hour
if you remember the clinton/bush i debate, clinton won outright. so romney has to prepare for low expectations for obam awhich will help obama. he has to practice in a forum, in which he can relax with the audience. however, he has one great advantage, romney, he has the facts on his side and the arguments on his side. >> sean: charles krauthammer, love your analysis. your columns have been dead on this entire campaign season, with very few exceptions. a couple of minor disagreements....
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first up here in los angeles, president obama will attend a small fundraiser with former president bill clinton and then he will attend a production at the theater tonight. vice president joe biden is getting ready for thursday night, and it is somewhat in damage control mode. lester? >> we want to turn now to our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, the debate, the positive numbers we noted potential game changers for both candidates last week, how do you expect they'll try to build off this week? >> they're trying to go on the air using the debate in tv advertisements to try to sort of blunt some of the debate momentum that romney got. but i also know that behind the scenes, there is a little bit of the confronting of the president to say you need to watch the debate, and they've passed along a statistic, i'm told at least tonight, to let them know the president spoke for more time on the air but used less words and trying to emphasize to him that he's got to get better at making his point. as for mitt romney, he big campaign speech tomorrow. they're tryin
first up here in los angeles, president obama will attend a small fundraiser with former president bill clinton and then he will attend a production at the theater tonight. vice president joe biden is getting ready for thursday night, and it is somewhat in damage control mode. lester? >> we want to turn now to our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, the debate, the positive numbers we noted potential game changers for both candidates last week, how do...
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bill clinton has a grim when he fights. >> yeah, he does. and he's obviously really enjoying himself. >> i know. it's great fun. >> but he's also -- he's being tactically really smart because he can go there in a way with all that motion and all those gestures in a way that is difficult for president obama to do, either because he's president or that's not his kind of music. bill clinton knows exactly what he's doing and he's being very effective. >> ten seconds, cynthia, will joe biden have music as well as lyrics tomorrow night? >> i think he will. let's hope he doesn't get too improve sags nal but i think joe biden likes politics, too, and enjoys the music and enjoys a good political brawl. >> let joe be joe, i say. bring it on. say it 30 times, it doesn't bother me. come on, joe. thank you, cynthia and eugene robinson. whether president obama is better with a good debate performance or a good unemployment rate, which he actually got. you're watching "hardball," a place for politics. you want the best for your body, so choose the multivit
bill clinton has a grim when he fights. >> yeah, he does. and he's obviously really enjoying himself. >> i know. it's great fun. >> but he's also -- he's being tactically really smart because he can go there in a way with all that motion and all those gestures in a way that is difficult for president obama to do, either because he's president or that's not his kind of music. bill clinton knows exactly what he's doing and he's being very effective. >> ten seconds,...
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he is meeting with hillary clinton at 2:00 in afternoon. how big after distraction could this be. >> this is really his on the job performance. not about "same street or des at rvae whsle e cotereli where an american ambassador was killed and other americans who were there in our consulate. you better have the right story. they put a spin story out turning out not to be true. that is a big, big facto if you didn't do what u cotoef o our amadwhke he, l din a pool asked for the lifeguard to come in. if you don't go in and help them you bear responbility. bill: move to one more topic. thanks for playing along with us. there is lot to cov here. that is the debate everybody would be talking about this me tro d jbi l s u ast e r? nky v young, energetic and extremely smart. he knows the government better than anybody in spite of the fact that den has been in government for a long, long time. asar as facts figus, nuers, e betho e r tgs,ob soxpt they want to get into debate on facts and figures he will extremely well. he is young, he is dynamic. he
he is meeting with hillary clinton at 2:00 in afternoon. how big after distraction could this be. >> this is really his on the job performance. not about "same street or des at rvae whsle e cotereli where an american ambassador was killed and other americans who were there in our consulate. you better have the right story. they put a spin story out turning out not to be true. that is a big, big facto if you didn't do what u cotoef o our amadwhke he, l din a pool asked for the...
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former president clinton yesterday said the election boils down to fairness. take a look. >> the choice is, we are all in this together and you're on your own. the choice is believing that we are better off because of too much inequality, people left behind. it's a severe constraint on economic growth for everybody else. so it's trickle down economics. >> there are big issues at stake here, dick. there are a lot of things that people rundsing out there that we're talking about the direction of the country and just fairness for its citizens. >> al, absolutely. and one of the things that my wife and i noticed is where mitt romney goes and we read about the big bird issue. he looked at jim lehrer, with a smile, a smirk on his face and says, oh, and i'm going to fire you, too, jim. to me it demonstrated this guy has no soul. he will say whatever and he enjoys firing people. he said, i like firing people. >> he did say that. >> and he looked jim lehrer right in the eye and say, do you really want that guy to make a decision about medicare or health care generally?
former president clinton yesterday said the election boils down to fairness. take a look. >> the choice is, we are all in this together and you're on your own. the choice is believing that we are better off because of too much inequality, people left behind. it's a severe constraint on economic growth for everybody else. so it's trickle down economics. >> there are big issues at stake here, dick. there are a lot of things that people rundsing out there that we're talking about the...
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bush, bill clinton and ross perot. how did bill clinton win that? in part because he was able to neal the pain of individual member -- to feel the pain of the individual members of the town hall asking questions. president bush found it a very frustrating format. it depends on o the candidate. again, i think governor romney has probably prepared better and longer for this format than president obama has. >> judge jeanine: you know and i'm curious about the numbers. are the president's numbers are there -- is there an inherent weakness in his numbers and what i mean by that is that apparently most people didn't know romney for anything other than the equips that the white house put out or the commercials and when they got to see him they like him. his favorability went, you know, all the way up from what it was. so does this mean that his numbers can and improve and that the president's numbers are weaker than we think they are? >> no, politics doesn't work that way and particularly not in a polarized age, judge. people are really dug in. you know, t
bush, bill clinton and ross perot. how did bill clinton win that? in part because he was able to neal the pain of individual member -- to feel the pain of the individual members of the town hall asking questions. president bush found it a very frustrating format. it depends on o the candidate. again, i think governor romney has probably prepared better and longer for this format than president obama has. >> judge jeanine: you know and i'm curious about the numbers. are the president's...